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785
Entertaining
COOKING BEANS
Eight quarts of dried beans will feed 100 people.
The Lansing Methodist Church Women's Society
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786
Flying
FINDING THE ATMOSPHERE
At 18,000 feet, half of the earth's atmosphere is below you.
W. R. C. Shedenhelm, wind salesman, Encino, California
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787
Joker
JUDGING STATUS
If you have to tell someone what you are, you aren't.
R.A. Heindl, design engineer, Euclid, Ohio
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Photography
HOLDING A CAMERA STEADY
If you're older than 40, don't take pictures at less than 1/125th of a second unless you use a tripod.
Martin M. Bruce Ph.D Ph.D., psychologist, Larchmont, New York
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789
Energy
MAKING ELECTRICITY FROM COAL
How much coal do you use each year? An electric water heater uses 2 tons of coal for an average-size family. Electric ranges and clothes dryers use another half ton of coal each. A color television uses about 500 pounds of coal each year, and an electric frying pan uses 200.
John Kellog, electrical engineer
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790
Crime
THE BURGLARY RULE OF THREE
To determine the true value of items stolen in a burglary, take the reported value and divide by three.
Thomas O. Marsh, writer and former police chief, Fairfield, Ohio
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791
Body Rules
ESTIMATING YOUR ADULT HEIGHT
Your adult height will be twice your height at the age of 22 months.
Steve Parker, aerospace engineer, Princeton, New Jersey
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792
Fuel
MELTING METAL
A pound of coke will melt 20 pounds of bronze or 9 pounds of iron.
C. W. Ammens, founder
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793
Color
ATTRACTING HONEYBEES
Red flowers usually are ignored by honeybees; blue flowers usually attract them.
Pierce Butler, Natchez, Mississippi
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794
Business
KEEPING YOUR CUSTOMERS
Complainers are more likely than dissatisfied noncomplainers to do business again with the company that upset them, even if the problem is not satisfactorily resolved.
Technical Assistance Research Programs, in Microservice Management
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795
Games
WINNING WHEEL OF FORTUNE
Doing crosswords will improve your ability at Wheel of Fortune, and vice versa.
Dennis Palaganas, Gainesville, Florida
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